IPART is investigating and reporting on the costs of and pricing for interment in NSW cemeteries.

Why

There have been significant reforms in the NSW cemetery sector in recent years, including the amalgamation of Crown cemetery trusts and the introduction of the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013. Under this Act, IPART is now required to investigate the costs and the pricing of interment rights.

How

We will conduct a public consultation process and our own research and analysis.

What Next

We have released an Issues Paper setting out our proposed approach to the review and seeking feedback from stakeholders on a range of inputs to the review.

We invite all interested parties to make submissions in response to this paper by 7 June 2019.

Stakeholders will also have an opportunity to provide input to our review through our subsequent Draft Report (due by September) and/or by attending a Public Hearing. We will consider all stakeholder feedback before we complete our Final Report in December 2019.